Till you have spent time with a text from one of the "eastern schools of thought" you might naively see them as "religion".
The problems is that they are more nuanced and complex than that. Hinduism, buhddism, Taoism are all lifestyles, thought processes, philosophys, self help, educational, informational... They dont fit in the neat little bucket that western thinking wants to put things in. This is one of those things that you wont find a satisfactory explanation for and needs to be experienced, consumed, lived rather than taught in a rote manner.
I highly recommend that you start with something like Sidhartha by Herman Hesse, and maybe the Tao of Pooh as just a primer on how different these things are. Getting past the surface of hinduism is going to be a battle that would require not only some reading but engaging with actual hindus (who are almost always happy to share).
>And yours are the words of a contemptous, snarky Internet troll.
Mildly contemptuous and somewhat snarky, I definitely can be, intentionally, in some justified contexts, such as in the context of replying to your original comment, which was intellectually unsound, vague and vapid (using your own word against you). Weasel words, like I said elswhere in this subthread. (And don't pretend that your words to me are not contemptuous either. Can't handle tit for tat, or an eye for an eye?)
A troll I am not, although I don't expect you to agree with that. Opinions, bro, opinions. Mine is as good as yours. You don't get to lay down the standard for what is right or wrong, even though it might be a wet dream of yours.
>You might find Reddit a better place for your edginess.
He he, I left Reddit a long time ago, so as to come here and trouble passive-aggressive people like you (just kidding).
>It's not welcome here.
Neither is your kind of crap talk. In fact, I'd hazard a bet, that my kind is more welcome, among the HN cognoscenti (a.k.a. the sane ones), who exist, although they are probably much fewer in number than the hive mind or echo chamber crowd here.
Normal distribution and all that, y'know.
We grow up on a diet spiced, on almost a daily basis, with some combination of cumin, coriander, clove, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, turmeric, pepper, onion, garlic, fenugreek, mustard, sesame, fennel - and many [1] other spices less or not known to the West or via "curry" (!) restaurants and YouTube cooks.
[1] For example, have you ever heard of mango ginger, karonda, mahani, green pepper, black cumin, white vs. black sesame, or long pepper, to name just a few of those, off the top of my head?
